A moment of inattention and the accident can happen! If your dog can’t move because it broke a paw, fell out of the window or was knocked over by a car, you must handle it gently. First of all because in the face of pain, a dog can bite, a cat can scratch. As much as possible, the spinal column will be kept upright and brought as quickly as possible to the veterinarian:

For a conscious little dog: take it by the skin of the neck with one hand while supporting his buttocks with the other.

For an unconscious little dog: lift it gently and lay it flat on a board.

For a large dog: place it on a blanket that will serve as a stretcher.

If your dog has an injury, it’s important that it can’t aggravate it by licking, biting, scratching or trying to remove his bandage. For this, a muzzle or a collar is a great help.

Make a muzzle

The muzzle can be a first solution to prevent his dog from accessing his injury. You can make one quite simply:

Take a scarf or a strip of cloth.
Put it astride the snout and tie a tight knot under the chin.
Pass both ends behind your head and ears and tie a knot.
Don’t put a muzzle if the dog has difficulty breathing.

Make a collar

To prevent the animal from licking a wound or trying to tear off a bandage, the best way is to make a collar (a collar attached to the dog’s neck isolating his face from the rest of his body):

For small breeds, the collar can be made from a box of white cheese, for example, which will have cut the bottom.

For larger breeds, you can make it as follows:

– Cut a round into a rigid cardboard and drill a hole in it approximately from the circumference of the dog’s neck. – Cut the whole thing in two and make on the edges of the two halves two small holes that will tie them together with two pieces of string. – Tie half the collar and place it behind the ears of the dog before fixing it entirely, by attaching the other half. Thus, the dog won’t be able to lick, the edges of the collar preventing it from reaching its skin.